Regulations
November 5, 2018 | Blog
Minnesota Moves Forward with Performance-Based Regulation Process
Last week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission decided unanimously to begin exploring performance metrics for the state’s largest utility, Xcel Energy. The decision is a major step towards achieving…
May 8, 2017 | Media
Midwest Energy News: Clean Energy Groups Leading on Utility Changes
From Midwest Energy News: Following a two-year study on how to transform utility regulation in Minnesota, clean energy groups are now closely involved with pilot projects that begin to implement…
April 3, 2017 | Media
Utility Dive: The Top 5 States for Utility Grid Modernization and Business Model Reform
From Utility Dive As utilities face the rise of distributed resources and face stagnant load growth, a number of states are looking to alter the traditional sector business model through…
March 30, 2016 | Blog
Q&A on Performance-Based Regulation with Energy Innovation’s Sonia Aggarwal
In Minnesota, GPI convenes a stakeholder effort called the e21 Initiative that recommends, in part, shifting toward a more performance-based regulatory approach to determine how electric utilities in the state…
November 26, 2015 | Media
Initiative Aims to Reinvent Utility Industry the Minnesota Way
E&E Publishing’s EnergyWire featured an in-depth article, “Initiative Aims to Reinvent Utility Industry the Minnesota Way,” about the e21 Initiative’s work to “reinvent the utility business model and the regulations…
November 24, 2013 | Blog
The Future of Minnesota’s Electric Utilities: The Sequel
Environmental Initiative’s recent policy forum on “The future of Minnesota’s Electric Utilities” drew a block-buster crowd—you would have thought they were giving away free beer. Especially…